Politics

The US, EU, Canada and Ukraine have ordered the expulsion of dozens of Russian diplomats in response to the nerve agent attack in the UK, in a show of solidarity that represents the biggest concerted blow...

The former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont has been remanded in custody in northern Germany pending a decision on extradition proceedings brought by Spain. The German authorities have 60 days in which to reach a decision on the extradition...

After the Greek and Macedonian Foreign Ministers discussed a possible deal on Macedonia’s name in Skopje on Friday, both sides suggested talks were moving closer towards a solution. Greece and Macedonia are optimistic about finding a...

The families of the Parkland shooting victims have done more to enact gun safety legislation in the five weeks since the 14 February massacre than others have in more than a decade, Florida senator Marco Rubio has said....

HR McMaster has resigned as Donald Trump’s national security adviser and will be replaced by John Bolton, the hawkish former US ambassador to the United Nations, the president announced on Thursday night. Bolton has advocated using military...

Theresa May has welcomed the decision by European Union leaders to wholeheartedly back the UK’s condemnation of Russia over the Salisbury attack, after Brussels recalled its ambassador to Moscow. Speaking as she departed from an EU summit...

Brexiteers hailed the decision to reintroduce the pre-1988 dark blue passport as symbolic of Britain’s newly regained sovereignty. The EU doesn’t require member countries to issue passports of any particular color. Supporters of Britain’s planned exit...

The opposition dismissed the changes as “a lie” and warned the EU against accepting the “cosmetic changes.” The ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party had resisted any concessions for months before Thursday’s announcement. Poland‘s ruling Law...

From nationalism to NATO spending, the trans-Atlantic relationship under US President Donald Trump is worse than it has been in decades. But, note practitioners and scholars, it doesn’t have to stay that way. No American president...

Kosovo’s parliament has ratified the long delayed border agreement with Montenegro, which both the EU and US have repeatedly pushed for. The agreement was ratified on Wednesday when 80 of the 120 MPs in parliament voted...